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At the start of US entering WW2 FDR created the War Production Board which determined how materials and products were alocated. For example, Superchargers were in short supply due shortage of specialty steel, so the WPB determined bombers had priority for them. So early fighter aircraft did not...

There is a P-61 being restored by the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading Airport, PA. They have a lot of history, books tee shirt featuring P-61. Great fighter. I did a CAPC summer camp at Mitchel Field during WW2. There were several P-61s stationed there. Lots of luck in making your model.

Rolls-Royce required Packard had to used British dimensions on the whole engine so it could be interchangeable with existing RAF aircraft and parts made in the UK.. Packard had to make the tools for making British hardware as none existed in the US. It took Packard 8 months to deliver the first...

Reference to the RAF defence against the v-1: only 3 were downed by tipping. It was a very dangerous manuver. The Tempist was the only plane the Brits had that could fly fast enough to catch a V-1 and they had the most victories. Other planes use were fast enough were the Spitfire XIV, the...